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Apple unveils triple-camera iPhone; $5/month streaming TV

Reuters 2019-09-11 11:01:15

Apple caught up with hardware rivals on Tuesday by revealing a triple-camera iPhone, and it rolled out a streaming TV service priced at $5 a month, undercutting Disney and Netflix. The announcements...

Fourth Dreamliner to join Biman fleet Thursday

-- 2019-09-10 17:43:13

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will receive its fourth Boeing 787 Dreamliner Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. With the latest aircraft, the total number of Biman planes will rise to 16. Prime Mini...

Chinese airlines starts new freighter service with Dhaka

-- 2019-09-10 17:41:12

Chinese express operator SF Airlines has added a new freighter service between Changsha, China, and the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, to cater for general cargo and perishable demand. The airline sai...

Alibaba’s Jack Ma steps down as industry faces uncertainty

-- 2019-09-10 12:56:58

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China's online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world's biggest e-commerce company Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry fac...

Huawei drops lawsuit against US over seized equipment

-- 2019-09-10 10:36:54

China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has dropped a lawsuit against the US government after Washington released telecommunications equipment it had seized on suspicion of violations of export contr...

DCCI invites Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in BD

FE Report 2019-09-10 10:25:11

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) invited on Monday a visiting delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in the country's agro-processing sector for mutual benefits of the two coun...

Axiata flags other deals after Telenor letdown

-- 2019-09-10 10:22:39

KUALA LUMPUR , Sept 09: Malaysia’s Axiata Group is discussing deals with other parties and considering an initial public offering of its tower business, executives said after announcing the co...

Govt considers Tk 50b special fund for shipbuilding sector

Syful Islam 2019-09-10 09:59:50

The government is mulling over forming a special fund worth Tk 50 billion to help develop the shipbuilding industry in the country, officials said. Arranging bank loans at 4.0 per cent interest r...

Bproperty.com holds conference with ERF journalists

FE Online Report 2019-09-09 20:26:29

Real Estate online marketplace, bproperty.com, held a knowledge sharing session on Monday with the members of Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF). 71 renowned journalists attended the conference he...

Bank Asia holds training on 'Islamic Agent Banking Operations'

FE Online Desk 2019-09-09 18:09:21

A day-long training on “Islamic Agent Banking Operations” for agents, customer service officers (CSOs), Group Leaders (GLs) and Assistant Relationship Officers (AROs) of Bank Asia Ltd. was...

BIBM, FCI arranges workshop on factoring

-- 2019-09-09 17:52:06

Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) and The Factors Chain International (FCI) arranged a workshop on factoring on Monday. The workshop was held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in DHaka with the s...

LafargeHolcim BD holds board meeting in Meghalaya

FE Online Desk 2019-09-09 17:26:15

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh held its Board of Directors meeting in Shillong, Meghalaya recently. The company brings in limestone from its own mines in Meghalaya to produce clinker and cement at its plant...

HSBC CEPS Centre opens at Ctg EPZ

FE Online Desk 2019-09-09 17:21:33

HSBC Bangladesh recently inaugurated HSBC Corporate Employee Privilege Scheme (CEPS) Centre at Chattogram EPZ (CEPZ). The centre is a dedicated customer service point to support CEPS customers with t...

DCCI seeks Chinese investment in agro-processing

FE Online Desk 2019-09-09 17:14:07

The agro-processing sector of Bangladesh offers immense investment opportunities for Chinese investors. The offer came from the members of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) in a meeting...

Don't allow beef import: Businesses to govt

FE Online Report 2019-09-09 14:27:01

Expressing concern over the move to allow beef import, livestock business leaders have called on the government not to do it for the sake of the greater interest of the local industry. “Rural e...

British Airways pilots ground planes in 48-hour strike

-- 2019-09-09 13:13:11

British Airways pilots began a 48-hour strike on Monday, grounding nearly all its flights and disrupting thousands the plans of travelers in unprecedented industrial action over a pay dispute. The Br...

EBL wins Best Employer Brand Award

FE Online Desk 2019-09-09 12:33:23

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) bagged the Bangladesh Best Employer Brand Award 2019 at the 14th Employer Branding Awards held Sunday at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital. Ziaul Karim, Head of Communic...

Move to open up pre-paid gas meter business to pvt sector

FE Report 2019-09-09 10:55:41

The government has taken an initiative to open up the import, production and sales of pre-paid gas meters to the private sector and allow household consumers to purchase such meters on the open market...

July-Aug export receipts fall short of target

FE Report 2019-09-09 10:34:41

The country's export receipts for the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY) fell short of target by 12.40 per cent. The total earnings from exports of merchandise products stood at US$6....

Experts see merger of sick banks, firms as a saviour

FE Report 2019-09-09 10:29:49

Merger and acquisition could be an effective solution to the problems facing the country's moribund banks and financial institutions (FIs), analysts observed on Sunday. To this regard, they said, the...

StanChart establishes presence in all EPZs in BD

FE Online Desk 2019-09-08 22:03:10

Standard Chartered has recently inaugurated a Business Development Office for Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (IEPZ) in Ishwardi, Pabna. The Bank now has its presence in all of the country&...

4th South Asia Economic Network Conference concludes

FE Online Report 2019-09-08 20:57:01

The 4th South Asia Economic Network Conference on “Subnational Finance and Local Service Delivery” concludes in the capital on Sunday. The programme was organised by South Asia Network on...

Newly elected FAO chief discusses social business project with Yunus

-- 2019-09-08 19:27:10

The newly elected Director General of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Qu Dongyu recently concluded a discussion with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus over a socia...

Govt to allow single-person company

FE Online Report 2019-09-08 19:08:54

The government is set to amend the Companies Act-1994 to allow formation of a company by single person. A new section, ‘One-Person Company’, will be incorporated with the existing law in...

India to form new sub-regional economic bloc sans Pakistan

-- 2019-09-08 13:57:23

India has decided to forge a new economic bloc of fast growing South Asian countries excluding Pakistan for deeper cooperation to accelerate economic growth in the sub region. “India is backing...

BKB holds branch managers' confce of Khulna division

FE Online Desk 2019-09-08 13:08:17

A day-long conference of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) for the Branch Managers of Khulna division was held in Khulna on Saturday. The Managing Director of the bank Md. Ali Hossain Prodhania addr...

BRAC Bank to provide employee banking services to BITAC officials

FE Online Desk 2019-09-08 12:48:45

All officials of Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre (BITAC), from now on, will enjoy all Employee Banking services including salary disbursement and all retail loan facilities i.e., cre...

Productivity of local species of fishes to be enhanced

Talha Bin Habib 2019-09-08 11:04:48

The government is set to take a project involving Tk 500 million for the development of Kaptai Lake, officials said. As part of the move, the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) s...

BPC swings to profit as int'l oil market cools

M Azizur Rahman 2019-09-08 10:53:54

State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) started racking up profits again in oil trading on the back of falling international oil prices. The recent fear over the economic fallout from th...

Seminar held on making career in Bangladesh Bank

-- 2019-09-07 19:22:26

Voice of Business, an organisation of Dhaka University's Business Studies faculty, arranged a seminar recently to provide a guideline to the participants about making career at Bangladesh Bank. The s...